Saturn Dead At Age of 24

Today, we mourn the loss of the Saturn car company, a division of General Motors. It was such a young divison at the age of 24. It is proceeded in death by the Pontiac Motor Division and Oldsmobile. It is survived in death by the remaining General Motors brands, Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC. The Saturn division was meant to evoke youth and promote a great car buying experience when it was created. Well, they were more successful on the car buying experience part. Following a break up of negotiations between General Motors, and Roger Penske's Corporation, the company will be no more. The cars faced problems for much of there manufacturing life. We will miss the Sky, as the best car that Saturn ever produced. Other cars that will be less missed are the Ion, L Series, S Series, Vue, Outlook, Aura, Relay and the Astra. A final day of execution has not been set, but one can not help but think it will be close to the time of Pontiac's Death.

Ridiculous Car of the Day!

Here is today's Ridiculous Car of the Day! It is a Classic GM Electric Vehicle that i saw recently. This definitely makes me want to switch to a Hybrid....NOT....I am guessing many of you have never seen one before.

Rising Oil Prices, and Other News.

• Today it was reported that Toyota has issued "instructed" 3.8 million owners to remove the floor mats from their vehicles. They feel this "may" lead to unusual acceleration. Considering this story that came out last week.

Floor Mats may be cause of Deadly Lexus Crash

I find it hard to believe that more stories will not come out about this in the future. Toyota may have themselves a true Ford Explorer fiasco on their hands soon.

• Also news today out of Detroit that the head of GM's Electric Vehicle Projects, Bob Kruse, has resigned to form his own consulting firm. This is really not good news for GM as the Volt is only a few months away from production, and his resignation has come at a crucial time.

• The Biggest news today though, has to be the steep increase in the price of Oil. This has been caused by mounting fears of the situation in Iran and also a dip in the Gasoline Inventory. This has caused the price to rise to over $70 per barrel, an increase of nearly 6 percent from yesterday. This is definitely not a trend that we want to see continue, as it will mean gas will rise, which will add pain to an already sick economy.

For now though, lets hope we don't see prices like this next time we fill up.

Ridiculous Car of the Day!

Check out today's rediculous car of the day. We will offer a new and ridiculously cool, or awful car each day. Check back for tomorrows car of the day.

Gas Prices on the Downhill Slide

Gas Prices have continued to drop again this week. With the average currently at $2.48 for a gallon of regular gas compared to last month when it was at 2.60. Here's to hoping that this trend will continue.

Dirt 2 Takes Rallying To a Whole New Level.

I bought Dirt 2 after playing the largely successful and intense game Dirt. This is the sequel to that game, and has many of the same features, cars, and overall the same feel.

The game has changed from the first Dirt. Gone are the hill climbs that many people including myself loved to race. Dirt 2, introduces you more to the arena style of rally racing that has become popularized by the X-Games introduction of rally racing as one of its most exciting sports. The actual feel of the game interface is much better than the first game. You get to chose where you want to compete and get there in your slightly ancient motor home.

The level of detail in the graphics is unmatched by any rallying game on the planet. The simple fact that you can actually see the mud hitting your car, and the splash when you hit the water is simply amazing. The view from inside the car is almost as good, to the point that it feels like you are driving in the car. Equipped with a steering wheel, it is easy to say that this may be the most fun, and most entertaining driving game on the market.

The variety of the vehicles in the game does make it more interesting. You can go from driving a sweet Subaru WRX STI one minute, to trucking along jumping ramps in a full size Dodge Ram the next minute. The STI is a smooth and fast racer that just begs you to push it going into a corner. The Dodge Ram on the other hand, well its Hemi doesnt help the handling or the braking. Some of the manufactures include, Dodge, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Hummer, Toyota, Nissan, Pontiac...and others i cant think of at the moment.

One of the best improvements over the first Dirt is that you now race alongside a major racer in nearly every race. From Dave Mirra to Ken Block, there is no shortage of stars to have fun and beat fenders with. The only gripe i have about the game is that i wish there were more time trial rally stages, these open road situations are fun in Dirt 2, especially since the other competitors are on the course at the same time as you. This makes it fun to set the goal of catching the other driver and beating up some of the sheet metal on your car.

Overall, the game is great, and i will give it a rating of 7 out of 8 Cylinders.

Here is a link to the Trailer for the game, watch it and check out the great graphics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCxfS7UmGsU

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